diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index afc46c112..259c5d7d3 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pipeline {
     string(name: "MASTERFILES_REV", defaultValue: '', description: 'used to document masterfiles. Use NUMBER or "pull/NUMBER/merge" for pull request (it\'s merged version, THIS DOESN\'T MERGE THE PR) or "pull/NUMBER/head" to build the docs with the non-merged code. Special syntax \'tag:SOME_TAG\' can be used to use a tag as a revision.')
     string(name: "DOCS_REV", defaultValue: '', description: 'Use NUMBER or "pull/NUMBER/merge" for pull request (it\'s merged version, THIS DOESN\'T MERGE THE PR) or "pull/NUMBER/head" to build the docs with the non-merged code. Special syntax \'tag:SOME_TAG\' can be used to use a tag as a revision.')
     string(name: "NT_DOCS_REV", defaultValue: '', description: 'Use NUMBER or "pull/NUMBER/merge" for pull request (it\'s merged version, THIS DOESN\'T MERGE THE PR) or "pull/NUMBER/head" to build the docs with the non-merged code. Special syntax \'tag:SOME_TAG\' can be used to use a tag as a revision.')
-    string(name: "DOCS_BRANCH", defaultValue: '', description: 'Where to upload artifacts - to http://buildcache.cloud.cfengine.com/packages/build-documentation-$DOCS_BRANCH/ and https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/$DOCS_BRANCH/')
+    string(name: "DOCS_BRANCH", defaultValue: getDOCS_BRANCH(), description: 'Where to upload artifacts - to http://buildcache.cloud.cfengine.com/packages/build-documentation-$DOCS_BRANCH/ and https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/$DOCS_BRANCH/')
     string(name: "PACKAGE_JOB", defaultValue: 'cf-remote', description: 'where to get CFEngine HUB package from, either a dir at http://buildcache.cloud.cfengine.com/packages like testing-pr or a keyword cf-remote to use cf-remote download')
     string(name: "USE_NIGHTLIES_FOR", defaultValue: '', description: 'branch whose nightlies to use (master, 3.18.x, etc) - will be one of http://buildcache.cloud.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-$USE_NIGHTLIES_FOR-nightly-pipeline-$NUMBER/')
   }
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ mv upload/* output
     } // stage('Publish to buildcache')
   } // stages
 }
+def getDOCS_BRANCH() {
+  if (env.CHANGE_ID) {
+    return "${env.CHANGE_TARGET}"
+  } else {
+    return "${env.BRANCH_NAME}"
+  }
+}
 def getPR_BASE() {
   if (env.CHANGE_ID) {
     return "${pullRequest.base}"